A picture of a fugitive jihadist who skipped bail in Britain and fled to Syria amid a string of police blunders has surfaced on Twitter. The father-of-four is seen brandishing an AK47 beside a downed fighter jet in Raqqa, northern Syria.

Dhar vanished within 24 hours of being released on bail by
Scotland Yard detectives last November. The Met had been assigned
to investigate him in connection with terror charges.

Shortly after his escape, Dhar boasted in a series of online
posts how he had successfully evaded British intelligence
agencies and traveled to war-torn Syria.

In an image that appeared on his Twitter account at the time,
Dhar held a rifle in one hand and a tiny infant in the other. The
caption accompanying the picture claimed the baby was the
fugitive’s “newborn son.”

Dhar, who operated online under the alias Abu Abdullah Britani,
had his Twitter account subsequently suspended.

The latest image of the fugitive holding an AK47 appeared on the
Twitter account of his fellow jihadist Abu Abdullah Britani. It
was the second image of the terror suspect to surface online
since he began fighting for Islamic State in Syria.

Dhar and Abdullah Britani, also thought to be fighting for
Islamic State, appear in the picture alongside the chilling
caption: “Maybe next time myself n Abu Rumaysah r 2gether it
will be head of nusayri uk usa french jordan Saudi pilots head
[sic].”

Abdullah Britani adds in a later tweet: “Oh pilots of the
coalition! We will down you, we will hunt you down & we will
kill you.”

Dhar’s departure to Syria last November unleashed a torrent of
criticism against Scotland Yard.

Critics were amazed that a British citizen, suspected of
encouraging terrorism and supposedly under restrictive bail
conditions, had absconded from the country undetected by police.

Weeks before his arrest, Dhar had publicly declared in an
interview he was prepared to renounce his UK citizenship if it
paved the way for him to travel to Syria.

Dhar was a core member of the banned al-Muhajiroun group, which
strove to recruit troubled or vulnerable young Britons to Islam.
The father-of-four is thought to have crossed paths with and
potentially mentored Michael Adebolajo, one of Fusilier Lee
Rigby’s murderers.

By imposing stringent bail terms on Dhar, Met officers intended
to stop him from associating with other al-Muhajiroun affiliates.
The bail restrictions were also enforced to prevent him from
traveling abroad or acting as a conduit for extremist
ideologies.